Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS JSJ

April 26, 2001

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2001, 2:55 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2001, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2001, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS JSJ
Area: Whole counties

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGCA52 TJSJ 261955
FFWJSJ
PRC127-262130-

BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
355 PM AST THU APR 26 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED

* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES
  IN PUERTO RICO
     SAN JUAN

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 345 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JUAN. RADAR
RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT NEAR THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE RIO PUERTO NUEVO BASIN IN RIO PIEDRAS DURING THE
PAST THREE HOURS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE RIO PUERTO NUEVO TO
FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS IN SOME AREAS IN RIO PIEDRAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS
BEEN REPORTED. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT
AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA.

ROCHE

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2001 Every flash flood warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.